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2001 Copa América

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Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
Dates	11–29 July
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Colombia (1st title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Honduras
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	60 (2.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Víctor Aristizábal (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Amado Guevara
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The 2001 Copa América was held in Colombia, from 11 to 29 July. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. Colombia won the tournament for the 1st time without conceding a goal.

Brazil were the two-time defending champions, but they were knocked out of the tournament by Honduras after suffering a 0–2 defeat in the quarter-final.

There is no qualifying for the final tournament. CONMEBOL's ten South American countries participate, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament. Originally, Mexico and CONCACAF Champions Canada were invited.

Prior to the tournament, three meetings were held by CONMEBOL authorities who were concerned about potential security issues in Colombia. On 1 July they announced the cancellation of the tournament. Venezuela offered to host the competition, but on 6 July CONMEBOL decided to reinstate the plans for Colombia, and the tournament was held on schedule.

When the tournament was originally cancelled, Canada disbanded its training camp and Canadian players returned to their club teams. The Canadian Soccer Association announced they would not be able to participate in the reinstated tournament. With only a few days' notice, Costa Rica (CONCACAF) accepted an invite to take Canada's spot in the tournament. The Costa Ricans advanced to the knockout stage, losing in the quarterfinals.

Complaining about the sudden reversal, and claiming that Argentine players had received death threats from terrorist groups, the Argentine Football Association decided to withdraw from the competition on 10 July, in spite of Colombian authorities proposing to implement additional protection measures. With the tournament starting the next day, Honduras (CONCACAF) were invited, arriving with barely enough players on 13 July in an airplane provided by the Colombian Air Force, after the tournament had started and just a few hours before its first game. The Hondurans performed well through the tournament, finishing in third place.

Despite the pre-tournament concerns, there were no incidents of violence nor acts of assault towards any of the participating nations.

Venues

Barranquilla	ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira
Estadio Metropolitano
Capacity: 60,000
Medellín
Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Capacity: 52,000
Bogotá
Estadio El Campín
Capacity: 48,300
Cali	Manizales	Pereira	Armenia
Estadio Pascual Guerrero	Estadio Palogrande	Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas	Estadio Centenario
Capacity: 45,625	Capacity: 36,553	Capacity: 30,313	Capacity: 29,000

Squads

For a complete list of participating squads: 2001 Copa América squads

Draw

The draw for the competition took place on 10 January 2001 at the Corferias convention center in Bogotá. The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Colombia (assigned to Group A)  Brazil (assigned to Group B)  Argentina (assigned to Group C)	Chile  Paraguay  Uruguay	Bolivia  Ecuador  Peru	Venezuela  Canada  Mexico

Shortly before the start of the tournament, two teams drawn into group C (Argentina and Canada) withdrew and were replaced by other invited teams (Costa Rica and Honduras). This didn't affect composition of other groups.

Group stage

Each team plays one match against each of the other teams within the same group. Three points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.

First and second placed teams, in each group, advance to the quarter-finals. The best third placed team and the second best third placed team, also advance to the quarter-finals.

Tie-breaking criteria

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:

1. Greater number of points in all group matches

2. Goal difference in all group matches

3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches

4. Head-to-head results

5. Drawing of lots by the CONMEBOL Organising Committee

• All times local (UTC-5)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
Chile	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Ecuador	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
Venezuela	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Ecuador	1–4	Chile
Chalá 52'	Report	Navia 29' Montecinos 72', 90' Corrales 84'

Colombia	2–0	Venezuela
Grisales 15' Aristizábal 59' (pen.)	Report

Chile	1–0	Venezuela
Montecinos 78'	Report

Colombia	1–0	Ecuador
Aristizábal 29'	Report

Ecuador	4–0	Venezuela
Delgado 19', 63' Fernández 29' Méndez 60'	Report

Colombia	2–0	Chile
Aristizábal 10' (pen.) Arriaga 90'	Report

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Mexico	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
Peru	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
Paraguay	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2

Peru	3–3	Paraguay
Lobatón 16' Pajuelo 57' Del Solar 72'	Report	Ferreira 23', 64' Garay 90'

Brazil	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Borgetti 5'

Brazil	2–0	Peru
Guilherme 9' Denílson 85'	Report

Paraguay	0–0	Mexico
	Report

Peru	1–0	Mexico
Holsen 48'	Report

Brazil	3–1	Paraguay
Alex 60' Belletti 89' Denílson 90'	Report	Alvarenga 11' (pen.)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Honduras	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Bolivia	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Bolivia	0–1	Uruguay
	Report	Chevantón 60'

Honduras	0–1	Costa Rica
	Report	Wanchope 63'

Uruguay	1–1	Costa Rica
C. Morales 53'	Report	Wanchope 28'

Honduras	2–0	Bolivia
Guevara 53', 68'	Report

Bolivia	0–4	Costa Rica
	Report	Wanchope 45', 71' Bryce 63' Fonseca 84'

Honduras	1–0	Uruguay
Guevara 86'	Report

Ranking of third-placed teams

At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third-placed teams of each group. The two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
C	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
B	Peru	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
A	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	22 July – Pereira
	Chile	0
					25 July – Pereira
	Mexico	2
					Mexico	2
	22 July – Armenia
					Uruguay	1
	Costa Rica	1
									29 July – Bogotá
	Uruguay	2
									Mexico	0
	23 July – Armenia
									Colombia	1
	Colombia	3
					26 July – Manizales
	Peru	0
					Colombia	2
	23 July – Manizales
					Honduras	0			Third place
	Brazil	0
									29 July – Bogotá
	Honduras	2
									Uruguay	2 (4)
									Honduras (p)	2 (5)

Quarter-finals

Chile	0–2	Mexico
	Report	Arellano 17' Osorno 78'

Costa Rica	1–2	Uruguay
Wanchope 52'	Report	Lemos 61' (pen.) Lima 87'

Colombia	3–0	Peru
Aristizábal 50', 69' Hernández 66'	Report

Brazil	0–2	Honduras
	Report	Belletti 57' (o.g.) Martínez 90+4'

Semi-finals

Mexico	2–1	Uruguay
Borgetti 14' García Aspe 67' (pen.)	Report	R. Morales 32'

Colombia	2–0	Honduras
Bedoya 6' Aristizábal 63'	Report

Third-place match

Uruguay	2–2	Honduras
Bizera 22' Martínez 45'	Report	Martínez 14' Izaguirre 42'
Penalties
Sorondo Gutiérrez Rodríguez Lemos Olivera	4–5	Pineda Martínez García Medina Izaguirre

Final

Mexico	0–1	Colombia
	Report	I. Córdoba 65'

Result

2001 Copa América champions
Colombia 1st title

Goalscorers

With six goals, Víctor Aristizábal was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 60 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.31 goals per match.

6 goals

• Víctor Aristizábal

5 goals

• Paulo Wanchope

3 goals

• Cristián Montecinos
• Amado Guevara

2 goals

• Denílson
• Agustín Delgado
• Saúl Martínez
• Jared Borgetti
• Virgilio Ferreira

1 goal

• Alex
• Juliano Belletti
• Guilherme
• Marcelo Corrales
• Reinaldo Navia
• Eudalio Arriaga
• Gerardo Bedoya
• Iván Córdoba
• Freddy Grisales
• Giovanni Hernández
• Steven Bryce
• Rolando Fonseca
• Cléber Chalá
• Ángel Fernández
• Édison Méndez
• Júnior Izaguirre
• Jesús Arellano
• Alberto García Aspe
• Daniel Osorno
• Guido Alvarenga
• Silvio Garay
• José del Solar
• Roberto Holsen
• Abel Lobatón
• Juan Pajuelo
• Joe Bizera
• Javier Chevantón
• Rodrigo Lemos
• Pablo Lima
• Andrés Martínez
• Carlos Morales
• Richard Morales

1 own goal

• Juliano Belletti (against Honduras)

Final positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Eff
1	Colombia	6	6	0	0	11	0	+11	18	100.0%
2	Mexico	6	3	1	2	5	3	+2	10	55.6%
3	Honduras	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10	55.6%
4	Uruguay	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8	44.4%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5	Costa Rica	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7	58.3%
6	Brazil	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	6	50.0%
7	Chile	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6	50.0%
8	Peru	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	4	33.3%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3	33.3%
10	Paraguay	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2	22.2%
11	Bolivia	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0	0.0%
12	Venezuela	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0	0.0%

Marketing

Sponsorship

Global platinum sponsor:

• Telefónica
• Mastercard-Maestro
• Corona

Global gold sponsor:

• Coca-Cola
• Banamex

Local supplier

• Traffic Group

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External links

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